Whip-holder



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WHIP HOLDER.

(Application filed July 3, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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WHIP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,409, dated March 21, 1899. Application filed July 3, 1897. Serial No. 643,34. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LDANIEL ARTHUR HAMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Lewistown, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Whip-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in whip-holders for sulkies and Other vehicles.

Figure 1 is a side View. Fig. 2 is a top view of my device with whip in position.

My device consists of a whip-holder adapted to be attached in a horizontal position to a sulky-seat and formed of the spring-plates A B, having shoulders O D to allow it to fit the seat and be attached to it. The washer F and bolt G serve to hold the parts together and admit of adjustment to regulate the pressure and fit seats of dilterent thicknesses. The plates are bent at points K to form a receptacle for the whip.

It is well known to all drivers that none of the whip-sockets in use are adapted to the use of a driver in' a sulky and that he has no time nor opportunity when driving to slacken his lines or reach over to get the 'whip out of the socket, and, once having done so, it is impossible for him, going at a high rate of speed, with all his powers given to keep his horse under contr0l,t0 return the whip to the socket. The usual practice of drivers of horses to a sulky is to place the whip Hat on the seat and sit on it. This is not only awkward, but leads to the breaking of many whips,l0sing of whips, and punching holes in the cane seat of the sulky. My device is intended to provide a stitute.

' whip-holder readily accessible either for getting the whip or putting it away and one that can be used by the driver for getting or putting away the whip without changing his position or slacking his hold on the lines.

My device is equally applicable for attach ment to other vehicles as it is to a sulky; but on a sulky it is indispensable and has no sub- It is equally useful for holding umbrellas, canes, and other similar articles for which there is no convenient way of storage in su-lkies, carts, and even in buggies and car riages.

- The operations of attaching and using my device are as follows: The two spring-pieces A B are secured together by the bolt G, the washers F being interposed to regulate the distance apart of the pieces. The rear ends of the two pieces thus form a clamp to fit over the edge of the seat, to which it is secured by a bolt, the plates extending out in a horizontal position at the side of the sulky in a 0011- venient position forthe driver to readily slip his whip into place or take it from its receptacle, as desired,'without any change of position or without slacking his hold on the lines.

What I claim is In combination with a sulky-seat the adjustable jaws A, B, having the transverse swell for the receptacle of the whip, the shoulders for clamping the seat, and the adj ustingbolt, and washer, as and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL ARTHUR HAMER. Witnesses:

F. R. MOLAUGHLIN, C.A. MCLAUGHLIN. 

